Adobe

Shantanu Narayen, who has been Adobe CEO for 15 years, has transformed the company, with revenue increasing over fivefold during his tenure.

A lot of Figma's services are free, easy to collaborate with, and work in a browser, while Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are expensive and have performance bugs, according to [designers who spoke to Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/designers-react-adobe-20-billion-figma-acquisition-2022-9). Since the initial stock drop, Adobe's share price has slowly climbed. [Designers who use Figma weren't thrilled](https://www.businessinsider.com/designers-react-adobe-20-billion-figma-acquisition-2022-9) about the acquisition. [overseen Adobe's transformation](https://www.businessinsider.com/adobe-ceo-shantanu-narayen-leadership-people-centric-policies-strategic-mindset-2021-3?IR=C) from selling boxed creativity software into a cloud-based subscription-services company. "I'd rather focus my effort internal to the company because they will then be my brand evangelists." [company is committed](https://www.businessinsider.com/figma-acquisition-adobe-chief-product-officer-2022-9) to keeping Figma autonomous and doesn't want to "get in the way" of its growth. That allows me to have the longevity that I've had." "I love what I do," Narayen said. [Comparably](https://www.comparably.com/companies/adobe) and [Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Adobe-EI_IE1090.11,16.htm), and Adobe continues to rank as one of the best companies to work at, according to Glassdoor. [The company's most recent move](https://www.businessinsider.com/figma-acquisition-adobe-chief-product-officer-2022-9) sent its [stock falling 15%](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/adobe-plummets-15-20-billion-151612362.html): In September, Adobe announced it would be acquiring design-software competitor Figma for $20 billion. [telling Insider in 2021](https://www.businessinsider.com/adobe-ceo-shantanu-narayen-leadership-people-centric-policies-strategic-mindset-2021-3?IR=C) that all of Adobe's intellectual property "is in our employees' heads." The company's revenue has increased more than fivefold, from $3.16 billion in 2007 to over $17 billion in 2022, and its [workforce grew](https://www.businessinsider.com/adobe-ceo-shantanu-narayen-leadership-people-centric-policies-strategic-mindset-2021-3?IR=C) from 6,000 to 22,00.